Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Liftoff, a leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, as a Machine Learning Engineer. You will develop and maintain machine learning models integral to our production decision-making system, impacting business outcomes directly. Responsibilities include adopting or building new technologies for training and serving ML models, optimizing ML pipelines, and monitoring model performance. You will collaborate with a team of world-class engineers and contribute to an engineering excellence culture. This full-time remote role offers a competitive compensation package including equity and health/vision/dental benefits, with salary varying based on location and experience. Travel for team gatherings is expected at least quarterly.

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience applying Machine Learning (including neural networks) to large scale problems
• Experience with Recommendation Systems
• Hands on experience with deep neural networks in production at scale
• Solid engineering and coding skills
• Track record of well-developed execution and timely delivery of projects
• Sets ego aside in pursuit of finding the best solution, no matter where it comes from
• B.S. or higher in Machine Learning, Math, Physics or similar. PhD a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain machine learning models that are integral to our production decision-making system and directly influencing business outcomes
• Adopt or build new technologies for training and serving ML models (e.g. support large models, increase developer velocity, etc)
• Monitor the latest ML research for functional ideas that the team could try
• Optimize ML Pipelines – Build and scale efficient pipelines for real-time and batch processing
• Model Monitoring & Improvement – Track performance, detect drift, and automate retraining
• Use strong communication skills (verbal and written) to explain statistical and machine learning concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Collaborate with a team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds
• Be part of an “engineering excellence” culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AdTech is a solid plus

Benefits

• Full-time remote work in one of our entities: CA, CO, ID, IL, FL, GA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NV, NY, OR, TX, UT, and WA
• Full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence
• Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience
• $220,000 - $255,000 plus bonus (SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County)
• $200,000 - $235,000 plus bonus (Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston)
• $190,000 - $220,000 plus bonus (All other cities and towns in our approved states)